Mr. Chair, I wish to inform you that I will be sharing my speaking time with my hon. colleagues from Dartmouth—Cole Harbour and Beaches—East York.
I have learned that several projects, whose renewal for 2006-07 had already been announced, have been cut back or rejected after having been approved at every stage before that. In Montreal, four projects have been cut back and one rejected. In the Montérégie region, one project has been rejected, while in the Mauricie region, another initiative was rejected.
The minister knows full well that never before in the history of the SCPI have previously approved projects been cut back or rejected.
What for? Why reject them? Why cut them back? Is this a preview of what is in store for 2007?